Cooking Queen Paula Deen may have lost some of her fan base. It turns out the woman known for putting butter in everything is also known for tossing around the “n” word on occasion (at least in her past).
During a recent court deposition, under oath, Paula Deen admitted she has used the “n” word and described a specific incident she recalled using it in 1986. Coincidentally, the deposition was for a pending sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee who alleges she was subjected to racism, sexism and inappropriate comments while working at Paula’s Oyster House restaurant in Georgia. To see the full Q&A transcript, click here.
Not surprisingly, once this little nugget made it to the media she received a lot of backlash and Paula Deen Enterprises released a statement to TMZ that reads:
“During a deposition where she swore to tell the truth, Ms. Deen recounted having used a racial epithet in the past, speaking largely about a time in American history which was quite different than today…[Paula] was born 60 years ago when America’s South had schools that were segregated, different bathrooms, different restaurants and Americans rode in different parts of the bus. This is not today. To be clear Ms. Deen does not find acceptable the use of this term under any circumstance by anyone nor condone any form of racism or discrimination.”
-Ashley Quadros, KZZO/Sacramento
